 German party starters Eskimo Callboy have had a change of heart following criticisms surrounding their name after the band went viral when they announced their application to represent Germany in Eurovision with their song ‘Pump It‘. Whilst fans of the band saw nothing wrong with the term at first, Eskimo is a derogatory term in the United States (more commonly used in Alaska to refer to Inuit and Yupik people) and was coined as a colonial name imposed by non-Indigenous people. So, it kinda makes sense why they’re getting with the times and making necessary changes, especially as their popularity increases. Soooo from now on, we’ll be referring to them as Electric Callboy! In a video statement, the guys touched on the name change, revealing: “We don’t want to hurt anyone, we don’t want to exclude anyone with our name and we definitely don’t want to promote any century old stereotypes… From now on we are called Electric Callboy” The band also drew their attention to the attrocities taking place in the Ukraine highlighting that their name issue was not worth fighting over when there are bigger issues at play. They’ve also revealed their drummer David Friedrich has been helping refugees escape the war zone by taking them to safe spaces in Poland after dropping off relief supplies to the Ukraine border. His GoFundMe has been set up to assist with the process and the band requested fans help out with efforts there OR to purchase their first merch design with their new name with 100% of proceeds going towards David’s charity. The new design will be available from their website as on Friday (local time). But what a great initiative and motivation for change. I think we can all agree the band are doing the right thing in this scenario and as they stated, the music and band will not change, just their name. So get involved and help the lads make a difference! Follow Electric Callboy on Facebook and Instagram
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German metalcore band Eskimo Callboy has quickly risen to great popularity. The band’s video “Hypa Hypa” has already been viewed 21 million times on YouTube, the song “We Got The Moves” has been viewed 14 million times and “Pump It” almost 10 million times. Along with their popularity, the band has reached a large number of people, many of whom have complained about the band’s name. The term Eskimo has been used derogatorily of the Inuit people. The band has taken the criticism seriously, and changed its name to Electric Callboy. The band commented:
“We hope you like our new name as much as we do!” At the end of last year, Eskimo Callboy released a statement where they talked about and apologised for lyrics that they had written in the past that could be viewed as discriminatory, as well as hinting that they were also considering changing their name due to its derogatory connotations. That statement looked like this: “Hey guys,the Hypa Hypa EP, We Got The Moves and now Pump It reaching #31 on the charts. What a year… While we continue to fiddle around in the studio, we are of course also reading all the comments on social. Thanks for all the support and encouragement. And thanks for the critical voices about our old lyrics, too. They feel less good, but are just as important. Therefore some real talk for a moment:The Internet doesn’t forget. Not even the lyrics we wouldn’t write today. We can’t live without fun and irony, but of course there are limits to that. We apologize to everyone we have discriminated or hurt with our lyrics. That was never our intention. That’s why we are already in the midst of taking these songs offline. We are a tolerant and open-minded band and against any form of racism and exclusion. Our music should be as much fun for all of you as it is for us. But of course you can still think we suck. Now it’s time for Christmas. You treat yourselves with some proper holidays and we will use the time to think about our name. Good ideas welcome!” Over the last few months they have been posted videos, discussing what they had learned through conversations with fans and their own research about the word ‘Eskimo’: They have now confirmed that they have changed their name for good, to Electric Callboy. They have let everybody know about the change via another statement, which comes with a video accompaniment that also condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine and puts focus onto that moreso than this. This is what they had to say: “Hey friends,today we have big news for you!Some of you that watched our last videos might have expected it already, but today is the day that we change our name!From now on we are ELECTRIC CALLBOY!Actually, we recorded some more videos with lots of more information… but with the senseless violence that is happening to the people of Ukraine at the moment, it just doesn’t feel right to push that topic any further. Still, we don’t wanna wait any longer with our name change with the knowledge we gained during our journey.So here we go!We hope you like our new name as much as we do!But now, we need your attention to present you 2 charities, that are really important to us!So please check out this new video and let’s use our energy for peace and solidarity! Stay safe, We ❤️ You!” And here is ‘PUMP IT’, because it’s a banger: |
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